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Department for Transport: Termination of Employment

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 7 November 2025UIN 86291

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff left her Department in each of the last five years, broken down by grade.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The table below presents the headcount of permanent civil servants who have left from the central Department for Transport over the past 5 years, categorised by grade. To ensure the inclusion of the most recent data, the data is provided on a rolling year basis from October to September.

Grade

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

AA

3

AO

12

14

16

18

114

EO

50

75

63

45

75

HEO

145

159

184

174

134

SEO

116

123

111

119

177

Grade 7

108

135

137

149

160

Grade 6

42

48

42

55

74

SCS1

15

20

20

15

28

SCS2

4

5

7

3

8

SCS3

2

2

1

Perm Sec

1

1

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